Word familyadjectivegnomishgnomicadverbgnomicallynoungnomistgnome
gno·mic /ˈnəʊmɪk $ ˈnoʊ-/adjectiveadj written
DIFFICULTgnomic remarks are short, clever, and difficult to understand 〔言论〕精辟的,深奥的
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gnomic• He was pretty gnomic by all accounts.• We must assume, of course, that these different aspects of his gnomic philosophy are to be unified into some coherent whole.
Origingnomic
(1800-1900)Greekgnomikos, from gignoskein“to know”